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[anarky]

No man, I need to knows how to code an OS in Qbasic plzzz..!!!! Thanx!

[wallace]

I was actually bought up to speak Macintosh Classic. When MacOS wasn't even multitasking user side yet.

Yeah, I never quite understood that. Lisa came out before the Mac and it did multitask, then it took a couple years before the Macs did again :-\ Possibly the lack of Steve Jobs.

I too was brought up to speak Mac Classic. Then my father got a DOS machine, then a Win 3.1 machine where I learned to use QBasic :-). Difference is I did look back (actually forwards by a lot of standards) when OSX came out.

I use Linux on my PC because sometimes I need to write something for a class which is specific to the Intel architecture and for FreeBasic :-). But the instant the GCC backend is completed I'm gonna work on porting it to the Mac

You can't write a OS is Qbasic, it can't access the protected RAM or protected processor commands.

Ubuntu is designed to be easy to use, not like other versions of Linux. Lots of versions were nearly impossible to use so a company came out with RedHat to be easy to use, once it fell apart Ubuntu took its place and has lots of features to make it easy, like the Synapsis Handler so you don't need to use the terminal to get software.

[Anonymous]

RedHat fell apart? XD

[wallace]

I thought I read that the reason Ubuntu came about was because the RedHat project died, but I guess I was wrong about that. None the less it's easy to use (for the most part.)

[anarky]

As I understand people have been keeping RedHat alive, based on the Fedora core... Nevermind me if I'm wrong I'm a n00b on this platform.

[Skyler]

That was my understanding of the situation as well. Oh, and by the way, I use the terminal to get software anyway. I think it's easier. You just have to type in two commands instead of sifting through a gui.

[RADIUM-V Interactive]

That was my understanding of the situation as well. Oh, and by the way, I use the terminal to get software anyway. I think it's easier. You just have to type in two commands instead of sifting through a gui.

Two commands!? You must be smoking something. Each program took about a half hour to install - then again, we aren't linuphiles.

[Skyler]

I type "sudo aptitude search [program name]", then "sudo apt-get install program name" and it automatically installs it. It doesn't take too long for me.

[axipher]

@Skyler, props to you, the Ubuntu distros are by superior to Windows, I've tried Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and Kubuntu. All three automatically recognized all the special keys on my Acer laptop, if only WINE was faster and worked better with DirectX games, I'd get rid of XP. Plus the terminal is so much faster then going through the GUI (A.K.A Package Manager) and it finds the right version for your distro, no more scavenging through a list of downloads looking for the right one.

@Windows Vista, ever occur that everything you have is accomplished through taking Windows XP, installing Windows Blinds, a bunch of security problems set in high-security mode, and a bunch of other FREE programs such as docks. All this costing an OEM XP installation disc and a friends product key... or Ubuntu with Beryl.

[Skyler]

Axipher, they are superior *on your system*. Not necessarily on everybody else's. That's everybody's problem- they assume if it doesn't work on their machine, it doesn't work.